27th May
2002, Alan Stead Had a hidden room built in his
garage, to hide his computer game counterfeiting
operation. On this fateful day he locked his wife in the
room and hen set fire to the house.

Friday 13th February 2009, Prosecutors
alleged Stead wanted to kill his wife because she had
told him she wanted a divorce.

Stead, was
jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years.
Sentencing him, Mr Justice Astill said, Stead planned
his wife's murder "step-by-step", luring her into
the computer room and locking her in before starting the
fire.
"You piled lie upon lie and and said you had not been
able to rescue her," he said.
"You lived that lie for years and it was only those
who suspected you from the beginning that enabled
justice to be done. "Your cruelty has shown no bounds."